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Heavy rain atop frozen ground causes flooding in Midwest

Published: Friday, March 15, 2019

Heavy rain, snow and powerful winds are barreling across the Midwest, prompting evacuations along swollen rivers in Wisconsin, Nebraska and other states and closures along hundreds of miles of snow-swept interstates in North Dakota.

Call it a choice between "Black Panther" and blackouts in the rollout of super-fast 5G internet technology. America's tech titans are lined up against electric utilities in a noisy fight for control of wireless spectrum power companies say is critical for communications if a natural disaster darkens a city or hackers breach the grid.

Call it a choice between "Black Panther" and blackouts in the rollout of super-fast 5G internet technology. America's tech titans are lined up against electric utilities in a noisy fight for control of wireless spectrum power companies say is critical for communications if a natural disaster darkens a city or hackers breach the grid.